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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Luxembourg	Thailand	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	59,748	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	60,165	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	60,746	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	61,323	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	61,884	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	62,425	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	62,956	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	63,467	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	63,937	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	64,381	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	64,804	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	65,208	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	65,599	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	65,970	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	66,332	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	66,673	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	66,975	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	67,250	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	67,506	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	67,750	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	67,975	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	68,180	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	68,366	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	68,457	83,811

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.